Private Acts of 1929 Chapter 917

COMPILER'S NOTE:  Section 1 of this act amended Private Acts of 1927, Chapter 317, but the remainder of the act contained additional provisions pertaining to the special school district.  This act has been amended twice since its enactment.  This act must be read in conjunction with Private Acts of 1927, Chapter 317, and Private Acts of 1957, Chapter 294, both reproduced herein.

SECTION 1.  That Chapter 317, Private Acts of 1927, be amended by striking out of Section 2, wherever there appears therein the words "County Board of Education for Carroll County, Tennessee," and insert therefor "a district Board of Education for said Special School District."

SECTION 2.  That said District Board of Education will consist of five (5) members, and the first board shall consist of E. E. Moss, M. Jordan, P. M. Pinkley, L. A. DePriest, and J. P. Cooper, the said Board to serve until the regular August Election of 1932, when one member shall be elected for a period of two years, two members for a period of four years and two members for a period of six years, and thereafter all members shall be elected for a term of six years, and who shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified.

COMPILER'S NOTE:  Private Acts of 1957, Chapter 294, Section 1, amended Section 2 of this act, but Section 1 of the 1957 act was deleted by Private Acts of 1965, Chapter 125, leaving Section 2 of this act as it was originally enacted.  The provisions in Section 2 have been superseded by Private Acts of 1957, Chapter 294 (reproduced hereinbelow), as amended by Private Acts of 1965, Chapter 125.

SECTION 3.  That the employment of all teachers in the elementary and high schools in said district shall be ratified and confirmed by the County Board of Education before said employment shall be effected but said County Board of Education can employ teachers in said schools in said districts only upon the recommendation of the Board of Education of said Special School District.

SECTION 4.  That in the election of the members of said Board at the time and as provided in this Act, not more than one member of said Board shall reside within the corporate limits of Hollow Rock and not more than two members of this Board shall reside within the corporate limits of Bruceton, the Member-at-Large of the Sixteenth (16th) Civil District shall not reside within either of the Corporate limits and the other remaining members, one each from the 15th, 17th, and 18th Civil Districts, shall reside within the Civil District that they represent.

SECTION 5.  That it shall be the duty of said Board of Education herein named to immediately after the passage of this bill meet and elect one of their members Chairman and one of their members Secretary and Treasurer and to adopt such rules as they may see proper that is [sic] not in conflict with this Act for their government in their deliberations and actions as such Board of Education.  It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to execute a bond payable to the State of Tennessee in such sufficient sum as may be fixed by said Board, which bond shall be in the usual form as bonds of County Trustees and for the use and benefit of said Special School District.

SECTION 6.  That if any provision of this Act is declared unconstitutional that this shall not affect the validity of the remaining section [sic] of this Act.

SECTION 7.  That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed, that this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it.

Passed:  April 11, 1929.